“Why did we ever pretend novels by straight white guys about straight white guys spoke for entire generations?” Tony Tulathimutte explains why there isn’t, and can’t be, a millennial novel. | The New York Times

“Things have changed, but history is not erased by change, and the examples of the past still hold out new possibilities for all of us, opportunities to remake, for a new generation, the conditions from which we ourselves have benefited.” Zadie Smith on confronting reality and continuing to hope. | NYRB